Seven Christmas Devotions for Youth Workers
About the Devotions: • Seven days of Christmas devotions from the Christmas story.• Each day looks at one specific character from the Christmas narrative.• Each devotion pu...
10 Minutes: New Year’s De-Cluttering with Colossians
I'm a recovering messaholic. I'm recovering in the sense that I finally get the value of order, but I can still clutter any horizontal surface on a moment's notice. Similarly, I can also clutter up my relations...
Youth Devotional: A Gift for the God Who Has Everything
The BackdropLet's admit it. Sometimes it's hard to love God. Maybe it's not so much that it's hard, but we wonder if it matters. We want to love God, but it's a little similar to shopping for someone who h...
Christmas Candy
Theme: Materialism Scripture: "Every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father" (James 1:17)Preparation: Bag(s) of Christmas candy large enough to accommodate your groupGive each teenager a p...
Group Prayers for Thanksgiving
My heart of hearts affirms You, O Lord; and all that is within me blessesYour holy name.My soul blesses You, O Lord, and I will not forget all Your benefits;You forgive all my iniquities and heal all my disease...
Jesus Defies Death
Miracles of Jesus Youth DevotionalJesus Defies DeathPrayerGod of life, You continue to fill me with Your love. Thank You for the life You've given me. Help me use my life to serve others as Jesus did.Take a few...
How Do I Establish a Prayer Life?
We urge our youth to pray more, but we can't push that agenda too far as we don't pray enough ourselves. Not that we're lazy or unfocused, but ministry and life take up too much of our time. We know the importa...
Jesus in a Strange Situation
Prayer:God of peace, thank You for calming me in my sometimes chaotic world. Help me to focus on You today and to witness Your love around me.Take a few minutes of silence. In your own words, ask God to meet yo...
The Adventures of St. Columba, Part 2
THE ADVENTURES OF SAINT COLUMBAWe're not making this stuff up! St Columba was a real person born in December 521 AD. St. Columba performed miracles, foretold the future, battled sea monsters, ...
A Devotional on Forgiveness
We hear repeatedly about forgiveness and the importance that it has on our faith life. Knowing the definition of forgiveness and knowing how to forgive someone in our lives are two very different things. This i...